Growing resentment among Congress leaders in Pune, after being left out in ticket distributions for the assembly polls has prompted three senior leaders--Aba Bagul, Kamal Vyavhare, and Manish Anand--to file their nominations as independent candidates for key seats in the city. This discontent stems from seat-sharing issues within the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA). The first woman mayor of Pune, Kamal Vyavhare, will contest from Kasba Assembly constituency, while Manish Anand will run from Shivaji Nagar and Aba Bagul from Parvati Assembly seats.
Notably, Kasba and Shivaji Nagar seats were allocated to Congress, with Ravindra Dhangekar and Datta Bahirat as the declared candidates, respectively. Parvati Assembly seat was given to NCP's Ashwini Kadam. Aba Bagul, who has been a councillor in Pune Municipal Corporation for 40 years, also being in several standing committees and leader of the opposition in the corporation, is as an independent candidate from the Parvati Assembly constituency of Pune city.
"Congress is at every corner of Maharashtra, but we have changed the policy. Ee took the Shivsena along for government formation but due to this, Congress is going down. we are getting fewer seats in seat sharing.
The NCP is also pressing Congress. Places where NCP has no existence are even getting seats. NCP has been unable to win Parvati Assembly seats for last 15 years, despite the fact that this seat has been given to them.
My point is that we want to stop the BJP. Congress should be.